Daylights

Heliotropics is proud to offer Solatube Daylighting Systems for commercial and residential properties. Unlike skylights, daylights bring sunlight indoors without harsh sunbeams and hot spots that travel across the room throughout the day. Daylight is captured through a small dome on the roof and piped through the attic to a diffuser on the ceiling that looks like a light fixture.

Daylights can be placed in locations where a traditional skylight cannot be used, such as rooms without direct roof access. It is an ideal solution for hallways, interior bathrooms and other spaces that cannot benefit from windows.

Daylighting brings many benefits, besides the obvious free illumination. Your interiors are lit with a light that is, by definition, naturally color balanced. Since infrared and ultraviolet light is largely filtered out, there is less heat gain than a light bulb, so the overall air conditioning load is reduced.

If a room may require occasional darkening in the daytime, such as a bedroom or media room, an optional "daylight dimmer" can be added. The daylight can also be equipped with a conventional lamp fixture so it can be used to replace an existing room light and provide illumination at night.

Daylights are available in different sizes and several decorator finishes. Ask us to show you how to incorporate daylighting in your home or office building.